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Sunday Afternoon Update: A Nice, Soaking Rain Overnight into Christmas Morning
A complex weather system will bring showers and a wave of rain to Alabama tonight and early tomorrow. The rest of the week will be cooler and dry. The GFS is hinting at some light snow for North Alabama for Thursday night. That will be fun to watch and see if it happens. Continue reading
Your Weather Briefing for December 24, 2023: Rain for Christmas, then Cooler
Showers will overspread Alabama tonight, and they will continue into Monday morning, making a wet trek for Santa. The remainder of the week will be trending cooler. Continue reading
Alabama at Noon: Rain Advancing Eastward
Scattered showers will be in the forecast through tonight across Alabama, ending tomorrow morning. We will then go into a week of dry and cool weather, with some uncertainty in the forecast for the weekend. Continue reading
Saturday Weather Briefing: Showers Return This Afternoon and Tonight
Into each life a little rain must fall, and that will be the case for the afternoon and tonight into Sunday morning for folks in North and Central Alabama. Continue reading
NWS Birmingham Confirms 2 Tornadoes Along Lakeshore Early Sunday Morning
The NWS Birmingham has confirmed two tornadoes touched down early Sunday morning along Lakeshore Drive in Homewood. Both rated EF1. Continue reading
Early Afternoon Forecast Update
Clearing skies are working their way across Alabama this afternoon even as showers are asking for a late checkout in the eastern portion of the state. This week will be dry and cool through Friday before rain returns for the weekend. Continue reading
Sunday Weather Briefing: Severe Weather Over for North and Central Alabama; Dry, Cool Week Ahead
Rain will end from the northwest this morning, with some clearing during the day, but temperatures will remain steady or fall slowly because of cold air advection behind our front. Continue reading
5:35 a.m. Update: Severe Weather Threat for Central Alabama Is Basically Over
The tornado watch continues for Barbour, Pike, and Crenshaw Counties in the NWS Birmingham CWA, but the storms are out of Crenshaw, and will be out of Pike shortly. That just leaves Barbour and the storms in that county are much weaker now. Continue reading
Tornado Warning for Eastern Lee County; Latest on the Tornado Watch
Dangerous storm over Lee County could produce a tornado at any time. Be in safe shelter if you are in the polygon. Continue reading
3 a.m. Update: More Counties Cleared
As you can tell from the radar, things have calmed considerably over Alabama over the past two hours. There are no severe weather warnings in effect for any part of Alabama at this hour. Continue reading
